From Berkeley to the Bronx, teenage addiction has reached epidemic levels. Parents may suspect their teen’s substance use, but often don’t know if their teen is addicted or what to do about it. Dr. Laurence Westreich, an addiction expert and the father of two teenagers, helps parents navigate the fraught addiction landscape in A Parent’s Guide to Teen Addiction. Divided into three sections, this book—based on the author’s decades of experience evaluating and treating teenagers who use substances—guides parents from the moment they suspect their teen has a substance abuse problem to the steps families must take after intensive treatment. Dr. Westreich: • Lays out the facts of teen addiction and explains how to recognize a problem with a teen • Details what parents need to know about the substances that teenagers commonly use • Provides information on what to do about the substance abuse, including how to find good one-on-one addiction therapy, how to encourage a teen to enter an outpatient program or inpatient facility, and how to line up aftercare treatment Best of all, he includes “tough talk” dialogues that parents can tailor to their specific situation with their teen. This practical, hopeful, and reassuring book helps parents put their teen on the healthy and life-affirming road to recovery.

A Parents Guide to Substance Abuse and Addiction: provides a necessary education on what the main substances of abuse are, how they are used, how addiction occurs, and the resulting physical, psychological, and legal consequences. This concise and factual guide is a useful reference for both parents and their teens. Its main purpose is to educate and open a pathway of communication, trust, and respect between parents and their teens about drug and alcohol abuse and how and why addiction occurs. It arms teens with vital knowledge about the pitfalls and possible dangers of substance abuse so that they can make educated choices throughout their teenage years and beyond.

A guide for parents to help them teach their children about drug abuse and how to prevent it.

Shows parents what children should know about drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, at each age level. Special section on specific drugs and their effects, including alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, inhalants, cocaine, other stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, narcotics, designer drugs, and anabolic steroids. Contents: teaching values; getting the facts; talking with and listening to your child; communication tips; teaching your child to say No; what to do if your child is using drugs; school-parent cooperation; parent support groups, and more. Photos and children's art.

T o a dad of three children, words like arrested, and addiction were truly terrifying. One afternoon, Dave got a phone call that connected these very two words to his youngest child. Panicked, Dave set out to rescue his son. He came to lose control of his own life in the process. After years of struggling this distraught father decided it was time for new strategies and a new course of action. Dave decided to ride his bike for 100 consecutive days, which proved to be transformative. Dave shares the inspiration and clarity, he found on his bike rides, with parents facing similar struggles in - The Addicted Child.

Keeping Kids Drug Free provides more than a checklist of behaviors associated with drug abuse. It gives parents dearly written, straightforward advice on how to make a difference in their children's future.The D.A.R.E. Official Parent's Guide helps parents to: -- Educate their kids about the responsible use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs -- Teach kids how to resist destructive influences from drugs, gangs, violence, negative peer pressure -- even the media -- Promote children's self-esteem and assertiveness -- Use practical techniques for teaching values and the difference between right and wrong -- Establish rules of acceptable behavior; set enforceable limits -- Listen to their children and understand the issues that are troubling them -- Develop closer, more open relationships with their children -- Raise kids to make positive choices